3 # Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room
7 * write to openhardware dev room mailing list (private archives)
8 - 13nov2022. no response. assume dead list DONE
9 - therefore take responsibility for writing proposal DONE
10 * write proposal DONE 14nov2022
11 * submit proposal DONE 14no42022
13 * Talk to devroom managers ONGOING
14 * contact interested people
15 - https://www.crowdsupply.com/great-scott-gadgets/luna (ktemkin)
16 - danielgrosse https://twitter.com/daniel_grosse
17 - Ganesen Narayanasamy, IBM India, Education Course
18 - openwifi <https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi/issues/99>
19 - libresilicon (actual DIY Foundry equipment)
25 - LIP6 / CNRS (coriolis2)
26 - apertus <https://www.apertus.org/axiom-ecosystem>
27 - NLnet (to help with outreach)
29 - KiCAD and other EDA tools
30 - LibreEDA developer (tkramer)
31 - Pine64 <https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineNote>
32 - Bunnie, xobs (https://www.bunniestudios.com/)
33 - Tim Ansell/clifford wolf symbiflow et al https://symbiflow.github.io
35 ## OHW Devroom Proposal
37 <https://submission.fosdem.org/submission/devroom>
39 Title: **Libre/Open Hardware, CAD, Modelling and VLSI Dev Room**
41 Changed Title: **Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room**
43 **Updated** Elaborate description (including possible topics)
45 - Open Hardware projects
46 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
47 * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
48 * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
49 * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
50 * VLSI Simulation and Verification
52 * Libre/Open FPGA designs
53 * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
56 * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
57 * Formal Correctness Proofs
58 * Testing methodologies
59 * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
60 - Circuit Design (EDA)
61 * Printed circuit board design tools
62 * Analog/Digital Circuit simulation
63 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
64 * Continuous Integration for VLSI
65 * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
68 Why does it fit FOSDEM
70 There has been a lot of progress happening in the last few years regarding
71 libre/free chip technology. From RISC-V and OpenPOWER to attempts to create
72 libre/free processes to make your own chips. Various countries have been
73 catching up and helping and building up their semiconductorr industries,
74 some even pushing libre/free toolchains. E.g. EU sponsors various projects
75 to work in this field to create open toolchains.
77 Meanwhile others push the boundaries to liberate former closed source toolchains for FPGAs. While an often neglected topic, a lot of work happens by various fantastic players all around the world. We hope to bring some attention to these areas which we basicly all too often take as a given when
78 using computers or electronics.
79 We therefore hope to give Open Hardware and their respective toolchains a
80 small platform, all the way from silicon to PCB.
82 Note to organisers: we don't mind merging with another devroom (then
83 helping out), as long as the words "Libre/Open Hardware" are included in
84 the devroom title, and the VLSI and FPGA topics are included. NLnet
85 now sponsors dozens of hardware projects alone, and the google skywater
86 130nm project with e-fabless has produced a massive new innovative
87 community that simply did not exist last year. We are also happy for
88 other (smaller) devrooms to merge with this one.
90 Preferred slot: Full Day
92 # Call for Papers<a name="cfp" />
94 This is a new devroom dedicated to Libre/Open VLSI, aka "Nanoscale 3D
99 ~~Stolen~~/Borrowed from the website:
101 _**FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.**
102 Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
104 FOSDEM 2022 will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February 2022. It will be an online event._
107 - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
108 - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/)
109 - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/)
110 - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/)
112 ### Desirable topics:
114 This devroom welcomes anything related to the topic of nanoscale
115 3D printing - more commonly known as "VLSI ASIC design". If you
116 are making an ASIC, or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing
117 an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC
118 design easier, we'd love to hear from you. Here's a list of topics:
120 - Open Hardware projects
121 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
122 * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
123 * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
124 * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
125 * VLSI Simulation and Verification
126 - VLSI Tools in use or in development
127 * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE)
128 * Under development (LibreEDA, other)
129 * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout
131 * Libre/Open FPGA designs
132 * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
135 * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
136 * Formal Correctness Proofs
137 * Testing methodologies
138 * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
139 - Circuit Design (EDA)
140 * Printed circuit board design tools
141 * Analog/Digital Circuit simulation
142 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
143 * Continuous Integration for VLSI
144 * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
149 There is quite a lot of overlap this year with:
151 * [CAD devroom]( https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/open_source_computer_aided_modeling_and_design/),
152 * [Emulator devroom](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/emulator_development/)
153 * [Retro room](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/retrocomputing/)
155 It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: the
156 main reason for a new VLSI devroom this year is because it is a rapidly
157 expanding area formerly entirely NDA'd.
159 ### How to submit your proposal
161 To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2022 Pentabarf website](https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22) (the mystery of whether pentabarf means barfing in 5 directions or in 5 colors has not been solved yet).
163 Create an **event** and click on **Show all** in the top right corner to display the full form.
165 ### What should be in your submission
170 - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated)
171 - abstract (what you're going talk about)
176 - **December 28th: submission deadline**
177 - FAQ - is the submission deadline final?
178 - Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pentabarf
179 closes, which should be somewhere in January
180 - However, talks submitted before the 29th get a higher precedence
181 - ASAP: announcement selected talks
182 - January: speakers are contacted to upload pre-record sessions
183 - February 6th: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks)
187 - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl@lkcl.net)
188 - [Christophe PFaab](mailto:pfaab@uni-bremen.de)
189 - #fosdem IRC on Libera.Chat as "lkcl" or "mwfc"